NEWS articles

It's been two weeks since the CTA discovered a crack in the body of a bus and pulled 226 similar models from its fleet. Officials say they still don't know when the buses will return to the road. Some riders say they feel left out in the cold.

Richard Rodriguez oversaw the expansion of O'Hare airport and won the mayor's praise for cutting costs at the city building department. He will face a projected $155 million budget crunch at the CTA

over 6 years ago | Adrian G. Uribarri

Officials at the Regional Transportation Authority want to receive more than $5 billion from a state fuel tax. But political realities and limited resources could dash their hopes to breathe easy again.

More than a third of the buses operate near the lakefront during rush hour. Chicago Transit Authority officials warned bus riders to arrive early or switch to trains.

over 6 years ago | Adrian G. Uribarri

The Chicago Transit Authority and the Regional Transit Authority agree the CTA has a serious budget deficit. But they are tens of millions of dollars apart in the assessment of the problem - and can't say why.

over 6 years ago | Adrian G. Uribarri

About 5,000 DePaul University students are frozen out of the public transit system after transit officials mistakenly assumed that all the students on a long list were slated to have their UPasses disabled.